DUMONT, Georges Marie. Memoires Historiques sur la Louisiane. Paris: J.B. Bauche, 1753. 2 volumes in one, 8vo. Half-titles. 7 engraved folding maps and plates. A fine copy bound in later full morocco, with gilt decorations. a.e.g. The first edition of the first reliable account of Louisiana. "Dumont served 25 years.....
[LEWIS, Sinclair]. Hike and the Aeroplane. By Tom Graham. Original pictorial cloth, housed in custom black morocco-backed clamshell box. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1912]. First edition of the author's first book. Dedicated to his parents, "To Edwin and Isabel Lewis, The Author's oldest friends." A fine copy...
QUINCY, Josiah, JR. Observations on the Act of Parliament Commonly Called the Boston Port-Bill; With Thoughts on Civil Society and Standing Armies. Philadelphia: Printed for John Sparhawk, 1774. 60pp. 20th-century maroon cloth, spine gilt. Spine sunned [TO BE REBOUND]. Occasional paper flaws in margins (not touching text), scattered foxing, moderate.....
RUMSEY, James. A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam, Whereby is Clearly Shewn, From Actual Experiments, That Steam May Be Applied to Propel Boats or Vessels of Any Burthen Against Rapid Currents With Great Velocity. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, 1788. 26pp. plus final blank leaf. 19th-century three quarter.....
THOREAU, Henry D. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Original blind-ruled brown cloth, housed in custom brown morocco-backed slipcase with inner cloth chemise. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First edition of the author's first book. BAL 20104, Binding A, with the three blank lines on p. 396.....
[TONTI, Hennepin, et al.]. Relations de La Louisiane, et du Fleuve Mississipi. Ou L'on Voit L'Etat de Ce Grand Pais & Les Avantages Qu'il Peut Produire &c. Amsterdam: Jean Bernard, 1720. [2],408pp. plus folding map and fourteen plates. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine nearly perished. Internally clean and bright. Very good.....
WILLIAMSON, Peter. French and Indian Cruelty; Exemplified in the Life and Various Vicissitudes of Fortune, of Peter Williamson, A Disbanded Soldier. Containing A Particular Account of the MAnners, Customs and Dress of the Savages...A Summary of the Transactions of the Several Provinces of Pennsylvania(Including Philadelphia), New York, New England...From the.....
WILLIAMSON, Peter. French and Indian Cruelty; Exemplified in the Life and Various Vicissitudes of Fortune, of Peter Williamson, Containing, a Particular Account of the Manners, Customs, and Dress, of the Savages...A Summary of the Transactions of the Several Provinces of Pennsylvania, New-York, New-England...From the Commencement of the War in These.....
WITHERING, William. An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of Its Medical Uses: with Practical Remarks on Dropsy, and Other Diseases. Birmingham: Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785. 1st ed. xx,[1],207,[1, advertisement]pp. Large hand-colored folding frontis. Later cloth, gold-ruled spine, housed in custom cloth folding box. Very good or.....
MICHAUX, Francois Andre. The North American Sylva, Or A Description of Forest Trees of the UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND NOVA SCOTIA.... Paris: Printed by C. D'Hautel, 1819 - 1818 - 1819. Three volumes (containing seven "half volumes" each with its own titlepage). [4],v,[3],268; [4],250; 285,[1]pp. plus 156 handcolored plates. Half.....
BURGOYNE, John. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and Verified by Evidence; with a Collection of Authentic Documents.... London: Printed for J. Almon, 1780. 1st ed. Large 4to. viii, 140, lxii, [2] pp., 5 partially colored folding plans (two.....
BURGOYNE, John. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and Verified by Evidence; with a Collection of Authentic Documents.... London: Printed for J. Almon, 1780. 1st ed. viii,140,lxii pp., plus [1]p. entitled "Advertisement," five partially colored folding plans (two with.....
COXE, Daniel. A Description of the English Province of Carolana. By the Spaniards Call'd Florida, and By the French, La Louisiane...With A Large and Curious Preface, Demonstrating the Right of the English to that Country, and the Unjust Manner of the French Usurping of it. [London]: Printed for and sold.....
FAULKNER, William. Doctor Martino and Other Stories. Orig. cloth. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Signed and dated by Faulkner on the title page. Spine sunned as usual, else a near fine copy in a fine dustjacket.
(ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY). GOODRICH, S. G., ed. The Token and Atlantic Souvenir. A Christmas and New Year's Present. Boston: Charles Bowen, 1834. 352pp., plus plates. 19th-century maroon morocco with elaborately blindstamped boards, spine gilt and elaborately stamped in blind, A.e.g., housed in a maroon morocco-backed custom slipcase and chemise, spine.....
HARRIS, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus. His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. Original gilt-pictorial green cloth, housed in custom cloth box. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition of the author's first book. BAL 7100, First state with "presumptive" last line p.9 and advertisements.....
[HOFSTATTER, Theodore]. Significant Archive of Forty-Two Original Watercolors and Pencil Drawings of Hofstatter Furniture and Interior Designs. [New York, 1920-1940]. Forty-two original works, from approximately 9 x 7? inches to 14? x 11? inches. Most on paper and mounted to cardboard backing, some executed on art board, some matted. Minor.....
KEITH, George. A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America. London: Printed by Joseph Downing..., 1706. Title-leaf, dedication leaf, 92pp. Small quarto. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine, raised bands. Modern bookplate on front pastedown.. Ownership signature at head of titlepage. Title-leaf a......
KNOX, John, Capt. An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: Containing the Most Remarkable Occurrences of That Period; Particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec, &c. &c..... London: Printed for the Author; and sold by W. Johnston..., 1769. 2 Vols.. ix,[7],405pp. plus.....
MacKENZIE, Alexander. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793. With A Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country.... London. 1801. viii,cxxxii,412,[2]pp. plus.....
PENN, William. The Peoples Ancient and Just Liberties Asserted, in the Tryal of William Penn, and William Mead, at the Sessions Held at the Old-Baily in London... [bound with:] The Second Part of the Peoples Ancient and Just Liberties.... [London: Andrew Sowle], Printed in the Year, 1670. 62; 68pp. Small.....
REID, Mayne. The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865-1866; London: Richard Bentley, 1866. 20 Parts. First edition in original monthly parts. Rare, no auction records since 1975. Sadleir 2023. Wolff 5742. Without advertisemnts at the rear of Part 17 and without 4-page catalogue at.....
SCHOPF, Johann David. Reise Durch Einige der Mittlern und Sudlichen Vereinigten NordAmerikanischen Staaten Nach Ost-Florida und den Bahama-Inseln Unternommen in den Jahren 1783 und 1784. Erlangen: Johann Jacob Palm, 1788. Two volumes. [24],644,[1]; [6],xxxii,551,[1]pp., plus folding map. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Two volumes from different sets, bound uniformly.....
(BIBLES). THOMSON, Charles, trans. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Covenant, Commonly Called the Old and New Testament: Translated From the Greek. By Charles Thomson, Late Secretary to the Congress of the United States. Phila.: Printed by Jane Aitkin, 1808. 1st ed. 4 vols. 8vo. No pagination. Period-style.....
WILKES, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842. Phila.: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Five vols. plus atlas volume. 4tos. Illus. with maps and plates. A married set, the atlas supplied from another set. Withal, a very good set. Internally fine.....